Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Carolyn June Cooley, 77, of Lee, Fla., passed from this life on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at Lake Park of Madison Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Carolyn was born on June 7, 1941, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Elmer and Mary (Hibbard) Hanson. She became a Christian at age 10 and attended the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Mulberry, Ohio. She attended God’s Bible High School and attended college at Owosso College and the Assemblies of God College. Carolyn was licensed as an Exhorter with the Church of…

Wanda Jean Ruback Holden, 82, of Madison, Fla., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 29, at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Wanda was a 1953 graduate of Johnstown High School, in Johnstown, N.Y. She left Johnstown, N.Y., and moved to Madison, Fla., where she resided until 1989. She spent most of her time raising her five children as a homemaker. Wanda was born in 1936 in Amsterdam, N.Y. to Walter and Mildred Ruback. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas R. Holden, who passed away in 1976; and her life…

Mr. Marcus Solomon Taylor, Jr., age 76, passed away Dec. 2, 2018, in Valdosta, Ga. Funeral Services will be held Friday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home, Madison Chapel. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Madison, Fla. Taylor was born September 15, 1942, in Berrien County, Ga., to Marcus and Irene Taylor. He has lived in Lowndes County, Ga. since 1965, coming from Adel, Ga. He was a volunteer fireman for The Clyattville Volunteer…

Sheila Annelle Ragans Bishop, of Lee, Fla., passed away on Nov. 24, 2018, after a valiant and brave battle with cancer. She was born in Madison, Fla., and is the daughter of Waldron Carlyle Ragans and Elizabeth Black Ragans. Annelle was a graduate of Lee School and Madison High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in May 1964 from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn. Annelle’s teaching career in early education spanned from 1964-1998, beginning in Escambia County, Fla., next in Memphis, Tenn., then at Parker…